Thirty five years ago today I watched enthralled as the (rather grainy) TV pictures came through from the Apollo 11 lunar module Eagle, which had just accomplished the first manned landing on the moon. Another five landings took place over the next three years...and nobody's been back there since.
Within the next decade or two, and not before time in my opinion, it's quite possible that people will return. The big question, though, is not so much "when" as "who"?
President Bush has already announced plans for an eventual return by the US - which cynics would suggest means that they must think that there's oil there(!) - but I don't think this will actually happen. I reckon that it'll be the Chinese this time and it'll be interesting to see whether or not I turn out to be right...